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- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
the global automobile industry. After 15 years of building a leading technology for autonomous driving systems, Mobileye emerged in 2014 as one of the most exciting companies in the race for the driverless car. After going public in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 1999
- Case
Leaving
By: David A. Thomas
A company supervisor listens to an employee, an African American woman, announce she is leaving the company and tries to understand the situation. View Details
Keywords: Resignation and Termination; Retention; Race; Behavior; Diversity; Interpersonal Communication; Labor and Management Relations
Thomas, David A. "Leaving." Harvard Business School Case 400-033, August 1999.
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
at baseline (18%, 28%, and 33%, respectively, p0.05 for interaction between race or job type and intervention). Mean calories per beverage decreased similarly over the study period for all racial groups and job types, with no increase in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2022
- Case
Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices. In such a situation, these people disproportionately live close to sources of toxic waste-what are referred to as... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Regulation; Pollutants; Pollution; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Poverty; Race; Health Disorders; Ethics
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment." William Davidson Institute Case 2-652-482, 2022.
- September 2020 (Revised June 2023)
- Supplement
Spreadsheet Supplement to Artea Teaching Note
By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli
Spreadsheet Supplement to Artea Teaching Note 521-041. This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing—implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and... View Details
- September 2020 (Revised July 2022)
- Exercise
Artea (D): Discrimination through Algorithmic Bias in Targeting
By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli
This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing—implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and targeting. Parts (B),(C),(D) Introduce algorithmic bias. The... View Details
Keywords: Targeted Advertising; Discrimination; Algorithmic Data; Bias; Advertising; Race; Gender; Marketing; Diversity; Customer Relationship Management; Prejudice and Bias; Analytics and Data Science; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Ascarza, Eva, and Ayelet Israeli. "Artea (D): Discrimination through Algorithmic Bias in Targeting." Harvard Business School Exercise 521-043, September 2020. (Revised July 2022.)
- September 2020
- Teaching Note
Miami's Tech Future (C): Reaching Another Miami
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
The effects of Miami’s startup scene have not reached many “left-behind” lower-income Black communities, which are disproportionately affected by problems such as segregation and racial discrimination, lack of transportation access, crime, education quality, government... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Change; Transformation; Progress; Community; Scaling; Income Inequality; Racism; Community Impact; Community Relations; Change Management; Business Startups; Information Technology; Diversity; Race; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Miami; Florida
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
the lessons of the past are being used to educate the business leaders of the future. Why Employers Favor Men Ruth comments: The race factor is important to be considered. In Latin America I have seen quite often that white men prefer to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
123 felt that in the entire matter, “Apple should be less concerned about the security issue... and be more concerned about the damage to its reputation for refusing to assist in serious criminal & terrorist investigation.” Robert Stone added, “The security View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
enabler for this. Clean has an international component, and there's an ongoing negotiation and green race among countries. There's a lot of capacity building that needs to go on here." Until very recently, all of that work in China... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
new market, meaning it could race up the experience curve and lock in a sustainable advantage vis-à-vis its competitors. That approach could be the underpinning of a big new-growth business. Putting It All Together By systematically... View Details
- September 2020 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
Artea (A), (B), (C), and (D): Designing Targeting Strategies
By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli
Teaching Note for HBS No. 521-021,521-022,521-037,521-043. This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing—implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and... View Details
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsAscent Media Group (A) Harvard Business School Case 607-064 Ascent Media races to adapt to the changes resulting from increasing digitalization of its business, from creative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 1996 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A1)
By: Linda A. Hill and Jaan Elias
Illustrates: 1) the impact of a manager's leadership style on corporate culture, direction, and performance; 2) the concept of fit between leadership style and the requirements of situations in which managers find themselves; and 3) the need for managers to adapt their... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Race; Organizational Culture; Success; Leadership Style; Gender; Management Teams; Change Management; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Relationships; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Jaan Elias. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 497-015, August 1996. (Revised October 1996.)
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
Abstract—Several CEOs are receiving significant media attention for taking public positions on controversial social and environmental issues largely unrelated to their core business, ranging from LGBT rights to race relations to gender... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
race throughout France. He verbally thrashed, bullied, and threatened legal action against riders, journalists, race officials, and anyone else who had suggested he had cheated. This case explores... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
us with management responsibilities who feel that we are losing the communications race and missing out on a growing part of the "action" in our organizations? In the past, given the snail's pace of tech change, we could wait... View Details
- February 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
BET.com
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Pauline M Fischer
Black Entertainment Television, a leading cable programmer, is launching BET.com, an Internet portal targeted toward African-Americans. This case examines the challenges facing BET management as it defines its service offerings and target customer segments in a... View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Ethnicity; Internet and the Web; Age; Race; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Startups; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Pauline M Fischer. "BET.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-283, February 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
delayed his journey home while he raced through the Ph.D. program in agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota in just two years. His dissertation on the soybean industry reflected the global perspective that became a constant... View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?
Kominers worked with Jesse Shapiro, the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard Business School, to study how content moderation works best. The debate over moderating content comes as the US presidential View Details